Download or read book A Comparison of Benthic Macroinvertebrate Assemblages Between Perennial and Intermittent Headwater Streams of the Mattole River in Northern California USA written by Mason S. London and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intermittent streams are common throughout the world and comprise 60% or more of total river lengths in the conterminous United States. Despite their prevalence, intermittent streams are understudied, particularly first-order headwater streams, which are vital for maintaining the function, health and biotic diversity of river networks. In June 2016, I sampled five intermittent and five perennial headwater streams in the Mattole River watershed in northwestern coastal California, USA, to compare benthic macroinvertebrate (BMI) assemblages between intermittent and perennial streams. BMI samples were collected using a 500μm mesh D-net at eight randomly located riffles along a 150-m reach, and then composited, on each of the 10 streams. Chemical (e.g. pH, dissolved oxygen, temperature, and flow) and physical (e.g. bed substrate composition, bank-full width, and slope) data were measured at each stream reach. BMI samples were identified using Standard Taxonomic Effort (STE). Major difference in assemblages among stream type were not detected except for a few individual taxa, families, and orders. Observed differences likely resulting from taxonomic differences in life history timing. The proportion of shredders was detectably lower in intermittent streams. Further studies with a temporal factor are needed to validate these findings.
Download or read book Aquatic Insects written by Kleber Del-Claro and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-06-10 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a broad view of the ecology and behavior of aquatic insects, raising awareness of this conspicuous and yet little known fauna that inhabits inland waterbodies such as rivers, lakes and streams, and is particularly abundant and diverse in tropical ecosystems. The chapters address topics such as distribution, dispersal, territoriality, mating behavior, parental care and the role of sensory systems in the response to external and internal cues. In the context of ecology, it discusses aquatic insects as bio indicators that may be used to assess environmental disturbances, either in protected or urban areas, and provides insights into how genetic connectivity can support the development of novel conservation strategies. It also explores how aquatic insects can inspire solutions for various problems faced by modern society, presenting examples in the fields of material science, optics, sensorics and robotics.
Download or read book Benthic Macroinvertebrate Assemblages and Their Relations with Environmental Variables in the Sacramento and San Joaquin River Drainages California 1993 1997 written by Larry R Brown and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Comparison of Benthic Macroinvertebrate Assemblages Among Kryal and Rhithral Lake Outlets in the North Cascade Mountains written by Kelley L. Turner and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Benthic Macroinvertebrate Assemblages Across the Non perennial Stream System of the Konza Prairie Kansas written by Alice Belskis and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Non-perennial streams, those that do not continuously flow, make up 51-60% of the earth's streams by length. Yet, they are understudied relative to their perennial, or continuously flowing, counterparts. We sought to determine how benthic macroinvertebrate (BMIs) community structure and beta diversity patterns were related to abiotic factors in non-perennial streams, as they contribute to fauna in downstream perennial waterways. We sampled 38 sites across a non-perennial prairie stream network for BMIs and measured hydrological, biogeochemical, and other environmental variables. We identified the BMIs using DNA metabarcoding. We calculated local contributions to beta diversity (LCBD) to identify ecologically unique sites and calculated species contributions to beta diversity (SCBD) to determine taxa with the strongest contributions to beta diversity patterns across the stream network. Our results show that while LCBD was not influenced by abiotic factors, the richness and replacement components of LCBD were strongly influenced by a site's distance to an upstream groundwater seep. The top contributor to SCBD was Stenonema femoratum, followed by 7 genera of Chironomidae, Perlesta cinctipes, and Faxonius virilis. Importantly, our DNA metabarcoding approach allowed us to identify Chironomidae to the genus level, revealing their importance in SCBD. When considering BMI community structure, an NMDS (Non-Metric Multidimensional Scaling) analysis revealed that the percent flowing water at each site was driving the differences in species across the sites. Here we show that proximity to groundwater sources is key to BMI beta diversity patterns in non-perennial stream networks, and that Chironomidae taxa are important in producing these patterns. This study allows us to fill in some of the knowledge gaps surrounding non-perennial stream beta diversity patterns and provides us with an understanding of the factors that potentially influence these interactions.
Download or read book Factors Influencing Macroinvertebrate Assemblage Structure in an Agricultural Headwater Stream System of the Midwestern United States written by Hector R. Santiago and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: Although the notion that streams are influenced by the character of their landscape at multiple spatial scales is not new, the relative degree to which local versus regional factors affect ecological function in streams is not fully understood, and can be different between geographically proximate watersheds. Anthropogenic disturbances to the landscape such as agricultural practices can be detrimental to stream ecosystems. This study examined the influences of local habitat and riparian corridor condition compared to regional landscape influences on benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages in a Midwestern agroecosytem. Twenty-four reaches in the North Fork and Upper Fork sub-basins of the Sugar Creek watershed, Wayne County, Ohio were sampled to better understand how different habitat and landscape factors affect the structure of macroinvertebrate assemblages in these impacted headwater streams. A total of 72,529 macroinvertebrates representing 79 families in 22 orders were collected during Autumn of 2005 and Spring 2006 to compare assemblage structure between watersheds and across seasons. Family richness, evenness, and diversity showed no difference attributable to watershed, while evenness and diversity exhibited seasonal differences. Chironomid abundance seemed to account for the seasonal change. Percent Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, and Trichoptera (%EPT) was significantly influenced by watershed and season with the North Fork watershed exhibiting a higher abundance of these pollution tolerant and habitat sensitive taxa than the Upper Fork at all sample sites. A Geographic information system (GIS) was used to delineate sample watersheds and analyze landscape character. Proportion (%) of low Intensity residential, high intensity residential, industrial/commercial, deciduous forest, evergreen forest, mixed forest, row crop, pasture/hay, wooded wetland and herbaceous wetland were calculated per hydrologic unit. The dominant land uses in both study watersheds were crop, pasture, deciduous forest, and low intensity residential. The North Fork exhibited a significantly higher proportion of pasture and deciduous forest land types than the Upper Fork, which was dominated by row crops, then pasture and forest respectively. North Fork had almost twice the amount of deciduous forest as did the Upper Fork. Canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) was used to assess the macroinvertebrate family-environment relationship and variance partitioning determined the degree of influence of 8 local and 8 regional environmental factors on invertebrate assemblage structure in each study basin. Local habitat factors explained 25.8% of the total variance while regional landscape factors explained 23.6% of the total variance with 2.7% of the variability shared by both. Upper Fork sites were generally scattered along a silt/muck to cobble habitat gradient, while North Fork sites were arranged along a pasture-forest to rowcrop landscape gradient. The higher proportion of pasture and deciduous forest in the North Fork may explain the greater distribution of EPT taxa found in the watershed, while the greater proportion of crops and smaller proportion of forest in the Upper Fork may explain the greater influence of fine substrates in the watershed. Other environmental factors including glacial geology and groundwater influence may have also contributed to these differences by introducing coarser substrates and cooler, stream temperatures.
Download or read book Impacts of Urbanization and Flow Permanence on Headwater Stream Macroinvertebrates Hamilton County Ohio written by Hannah R. Lubbers and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through extensive research, stream ecologists have continuously strengthened their understanding of the importance of headwater streams and watersheds in stream health. Contrarily, United States policy makers have reversed such progress by reducing protection of many headwater streams. These contrasting trends have contributed to recent research in temporary headwater stream systems and the role that these streams have in the greater stream network. Despite numerous studies, researchers have not found consistent differences in macroinvertebrate assemblages between intermittent and perennial streams. Additionally, there is limited knowledge on how anthropogenic factors influence headwater streams that are naturally disturbed by drying. The objective of this study was to determine how urbanization interacts with stream permanence to shape headwater stream macroinvertebrate assemblages and salamander communities in Southwest Ohio. During spring (high flows) and summer (low flows) of 2007, we examined 20 intermittent and perennial reaches in ten streams along a gradient of watershed urbanization (range: 9 - 97% urban land cover). Macroinvertebrate richness ranged from 5-33 genera across all reaches, and the most abundant taxa were, in descending order, Oligochaeta, Lirceus fontinalus (freshwater Isopoda), and Chironomus spp. Urban land cover, temperature, nitrates, and substrate heterogeneity may have been important in structuring macroinvertebrate assemblages based on their strong correlations with the ordination axes. Duration of flow (permanence) did not explain differences in macroinvertebrates across sites based on the ordination. However, flow permanence was positively related to spring Chironomidae abundances (R^2 = 0.11, P
Download or read book Benthic Macroinvertebrate Assemblages and Their Relations with Environmental Variables in the Sacramento and San Joaquin River Drainages California 1993 1997 written by Larry R. Brown and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Comparison of Benthic Macroinvertebrates Above and Below a Storm Drain sewage Outfall in the American River Sacramento California written by Donald Brady Green and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Diversity and Composition of Benthic Macroinvertebrate Assemblages in Streams in the Mackenzie River System Northwest Territories written by Ryan William Scott and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Impending natural resources development and concern about the effects of climate change have spurred increased efforts to study and monitor aquatic habitats in the Mackenzie River system. As part of Environment Canada's attempt to survey the system in advance of the construction of the Mackenzie Gas Pipeline, benthic macroinvertebrates were sampled at 50 streams spanning the geographical range of the Mackenzie system in the Northwest Territories, Canada, to assess spatial patterns in diversity and assemblage structure and the environmental factors driving them. Replicated, quantitative D-net samples were collected during the late summer of 2005 through 2008, mostly at crossings of the proposed pipeline route. 373 macroinvertebrate taxa were recorded, mainly aquatic insects, which were identified to the genus or species levels; other groups were identified to higher taxonomic levels. Ephemeroptera and Plecoptera diversity declined along a latitudinal gradient, while Trichoptera diversity declined in the middle of the latitudinal range and rose towards the far north. Chironomidae (Diptera) increased in diversity and abundance towards the far north, becoming dominant in the northern sub-arctic forest and lowland tundra of the Mackenzie Delta. Diversity, measured as the average generic richness per stream, correlated with a composite environmental variable representing stream size, but not much else; spatial trends in local generic richness were only apparent in the far north of the study area. Regional diversity was assessed using rarefaction curves and showed a clear decrease from south to north across the study area for most taxa; the major exception was the chironomid subfamilies Orthocladiinae and Chironomini, the former being diverse throughout the study area and the latter increasing in diversity on the tundra. Odonata, Hemiptera and Coleoptera were well-represented in the south of the study area, but decreased sharply in diversity and abundance in the north; another common order, Megaloptera, was entirely absent from the study area, as were crayfish. Community composition varied along a latitudinal gradient, with some species restricted to northern latitudes and many more species restricted to the southern areas. Composition varied by region, as did the environmental factors that control it. Streams in the north of the system are connected to hundreds of small lakes and tend to freeze in the winter, which increases habitat stability; assemblages in this region were characterized by relatively large chironomids that are usually associated with lentic habitats and by a lack of taxa that are intolerant to freezing. Substrate was the main factor explaining differences in assemblage composition in this region. Just to the south, alluvial streams are more common and permafrost is continuous with very shallow active layers, iv which likely results in intense discharge peaks and ice scour in the spring and flashy summer hydrographs. Invertebrates in this region were mainly short-lived, small sized orthoclads, baetids and chloroperlids; the annual disturbance regime seems likely to be an important factor shaping community composition in this region. Many streams in this region received input from saline springs, resulting in perennial flow, and these streams harboured several taxa that were absent or rare in other streams at similar latitudes, including several stoneflies (e.g. Pteronarcys, Sweltsa); the presence of flow during the winter was found to be a major factor affecting community composition in this region, which surrounded the town of Norman Wells, NT. Nutrient dynamics appeared to be important in structuring benthic assemblages in the southern portion of the study region, with highnutrient streams supporting a diverse fauna which included many taxa that were absent in the north, while communities in low-nutrient streams were more similar to the northern alluvial stream fauna. There was no spatial distinction between low- and high-nutrient streams in the southern region, and the difference may be due to the local conditions of permafrost, which is patchy and discontinuous in the region. Evidence that winter ice and permafrost conditions are important drivers of benthic invertebrate diversity and community composition in the Mackenzie system, along with the latitudinal gradients which are consistent with a temperature/climate gradient, raises the possibility that benthic assemblages may be useful as indicators of effects of global climate change on freshwater habitats in the Canadian north. More immediately, construction of the Mackenzie Gas Pipeline may affect stream habitat due to sedimentation, and plans for the operation of the pipeline have raised concerns about potential effects on permafrost conditions. Implications for development of a biomonitoring program utilizing benthic invertebrates and their potential as indicators of climate change are discussed.
Download or read book Use of Benthic Macroinvertebrates for Comparing Water Quality of Six Headwater Streams in Central Florida written by Diane M. Lynch and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Benthic Macroinvertebrate Assemblages and Their Relations with Environmental Variables in the Sacramento and San Joaquin River Drainages Etc U S Geological Survey Water Resources Investigations Report 00 4125 2000 written by and published by . This book was released on 2000* with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Comparison of the Macroinvertebrate Benthos and Drift of Two Side Channels and a Main Stem Site of the Trinity River California written by Phillip A. North and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Comparison of Benthic Macroinvertebrate Community Diversity from Five Substrate Types in the Clear Fork Mohican River written by David R. Barton and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Benthic Macroinvertebrates and Ecological Assessments written by Alison Holmes Purcell and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Comparison of Benthic Macroinvertebrate Communities in Forested Streams and Streams Adjacent to Cornfields and Dairy Pastures in Addison and Chittenden Counties Vermont USA written by Sofia Alexandra Kyriakeas and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Comparison of Benthic Macroinvertebrates Between Long Lake and Pass Lake written by Nicole Amato and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
